As a Blogger, I Decided to Quit Social Media

I am so exhausted by social media. I have grown into someone who feels frustrated by even a thought of spending a moment on social media, especially Instagram and Facebook.

I truly understand that your social media presence is a part of your work, especially in the new age of careers. Your existence on social media helps your blog & business somewhere, either by contributing to blog traffic or updating your audience. Whatever the goal is, social media has been an important element for a blogger.

But how do I make it work for me when I am not exactly a fan of it.

Quitting social media was the best decision ever!

After 14 years, I finally deleted my social media accounts and GOD it feels great. Can’t put this feeling of peace and calm in words. Seriously, getting off social media or trimming your time on social media is the best thing you can do for yourself. Trust me, and do not waste your precious time in doomscrolling.

It started in 2010…

I created my social media account back in 2010 (Facebook), and then new platforms came in, including Instagram, and, like every other teenager, I created my account without a second thought. I still don’t know why I created those accounts or felt the urge to be on social media.

Years passed by, and I always had an on/off experience with social media. Random strangers popping into my accounts, relatives making teasing comments, and whatnot. Even though, over the years, I dreaded being on social media, it never really crossed my mind to get off and delete those accounts.

I am not denying the fact that social media helped me meet and connect with some of the best people I have in my life, but over the years, the crowd of social media and the privacy over there just went down the drain.

Every time I posted something on social media, it became a source of negative and taunting comments from my close people (relatives).

I used to share pictures of my nail art and paintings, but they always criticized it in taunting ways.

Next, because my friend list consisted of my schoolmates, whatever I shared acted like a broadcast, and everyone knew everything. 🙃

— I wish I had some real guidance during my teenage years. 🥲

I was under the wrong influence

I used to see my classmates and cousins having a huge list of connections, updating everything to social media, and all of this affected me in a way that I am a part of this too/ social media is a part of my life and I will be doing something wrong if I did not do what these people did.

By then, you can imagine that social media had already affected me.

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I launched my Blog — and started posting content on Instagram too

Years passed by, I graduated, and this was the time (2016) I started my journey of Blogging.

Till then, I was on social media for my own use, you can say but the moment that “influencer” thing started to make waves, I thought maybe I could do the same with my Instagram as well not particularly with an influencer mindset, but with more of sharing a short summary and update of my articles.

I started my blog with the whole website and everything (the one you are reading this article on – thepinkvelvetblog.com), and side by side, I was also posting pictures and videos on Instagram related to all that skincare and makeup stuff.

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It goes without saying that I enjoyed that phase a lot, met a lot of people in my industry, and built some great connections, but as expected, I received insulting and taunting comments from relatives.

I just don’t get it — why do some people need to be on social media, be on their friend list, stalk everything they do, and then act like they have no clue about it? But in reality, they have already broadcasted everything to other people and are ready to serve your comments in real life.

I was like, can’t I just remove my close connections from my social profiles and use it as my work profile only? That is when I realized I made the biggest mistake of using those social accounts I made in 2010 for my blog in 2016. I should have created new profiles!!

Over the years, I had this thought so many times about removing my close connections and keeping the follower list limited to followers of my blog and Instagram content. But, I couldn’t do so. Why? Because I was obviously way too afraid thinking about what my relatives would say now.

A revolution of reels came in, and the quality of the crowd & content degraded

I continued my journey on social media and then came the revolution of vertical videos.

Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Reels have sort of acquired the whole internet.

Within a few years, the concept of social media took a major twist, and the crowd of social media became so cheap that it became exhausting for me to be on those platforms, consuming content in my own personal time.

I stopped posting on social media!

There were so many factors.

I did not feel like posting on my accounts where my close connections would see my content first and make judgments.

I did not feel like being on those platforms where this random cheap content is now taking over social media and many other thoughts.

Cut to 2024: I decided to remove all my personal connections from my social accounts and start putting my energy back into creating content like a dedicated creator. I started posting reels on IG and YouTube.

Of course, my blog is my primary source, but being on social media was important too (at least in my mind), and simply updating about my new articles on social media wasn’t helping.

If I had to gain views and grow my accounts, videos and reels were the only option, and I was somewhere liking making videos on my skincare and hair care favorites, makeup looks, and eyeshadows.

But that, too, did not help with my mental peace.

The thought of scrolling Instagram drained my energy

I had a moment of relief, for sure, after removing all those stalking connections, but still, something was bothering me. It had come to a point that every time I opened my IG, my DMs were full of reels from my friends, and I, too, started to spend a major chunk of my time scrolling through reels.

Every time I saw a reel, it somehow affected me. Reels of accidents and fake news and whatnot started to flow on my feed, and I just couldn’t have it any longer.

I know that for a lot of people, Instagram is engraved to their core, and for some, it’s crucial for their business, but for me, it was not working.

I continued to tell myself that I needed to continue posting and didn’t care about the crowd because if I stopped posting on the gram, how would Brands see my work?

Not too late, my content started getting low engagement, and videos like someone drinking sewage water (not kidding) and doing 💩 things started to become more viral. I was literally having headaches at the thought of opening Instagram.

By then, I had already stopped operating my Facebook and Twitter. They were active, but I wasn’t actively posting on them except for my article links.

Oh, I forgot to tell you that during this phase, I had already scheduled my Snapchat for deletion because I was too tired of my friends constantly reminding me to send photos for a streak!! (God!)

I had already deleted my Facebook page because gone are those days where you could share an article link or your page expecting traffic from it.

Over all this time, I had this thought of deleting my IG and starting fresh a zillion times. I created new accounts so many times but deleted them eventually because who has the energy to start from scratch when there is an existing account with years of hard work, connections, and everything?

The moment was here – DELETE EVERYTHING

But one fine day, I just couldn’t bear this overthinking anymore because I was no longer interested in posting on my accounts anyway AND, I scheduled all my social accounts for DELETION!!

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (X), and even this newbie in town, Threads, which I actually grew to a great level – DELETE!

I had already removed these apps from my phone way back and was only accessing them via desktop, but that was the moment when I was like, Goodbye, social media.

I can not describe the breeze of freshness and peace I felt after scheduling my accounts for deletion. The kind of calmness, unreal. 😌

Meanwhile, I had already explored Mastodon, and for some reason, it just didn’t had that vibe. Nor did I have the energy for it.

I can not explain in words how happy I am to be away from those apps, to not exist on those apps anymore, and the thought of me not being on those apps was truly satisfying.

I wondered if I should start fresh 🥸

Weeks later, these thoughts crossed my mind: What if my readers want to connect with me over Instagram? Should I create new accounts?

After careful consideration, I decided to start fresh.

I created a new Instagram followed by threads. A few weeks later, I created fresh Twitter and Facebook accounts as well.

I spent so much of my time setting up new Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts, setting the bios, and linking them to my blog — my eyes actually strained only to figure out this ain’t going to work.

Meanwhile, I read so many Reddit forums on how people found it calming and the best decision ever when they decided to get off social media. Literally, everyone was speaking my mind when they wrote that Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter all had gone down the drain, be it their algorithm or the fact that content is actually 💩 over there.

People are literally doing anything to get views. Eating glue, cheap dances, AI-generated fake news, and whatnot. They have legitimately crossed all limits.

I just can not be on these platforms anymore.

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I mean, thank you, Threads, for sending out a few clicks on my way, but I am done.

I have lost count of the many times I reactivated my new Threads account only to delete it later. I just don’t like the fact that Threads is a part of Instagram.

I liked Threads initially so much that I thought this is where I shine, a text-based social media app. But God knows what happened over the course of time that I decided to get off these platforms.

The fact that my Threads account and IG account are connected bugged me so much that I made a final decision to delete it, and to be honest, the content on Threads only got worse over time.

People were either posting the weirdest and most disgusting content or just posting random content in multiple threads to gain views or followers.

Gone are the OG Twitter Days

Twitter for a considerable part of my blogging care.

I used to share many of my eye looks and brands actually used care on Twitter but ever since it became X, I might, what it is that place?

Still.. I continued my journey over X and it somehow was still contributing to my blog. How? Because my X posts showed up on search engine.

So even when my Twitter account lost it’s reach, the posts that showed on Google bought those readers to my blog.

Which is why, I continued to keep X/Twitter as a tool box until the vibe got really toxic and all I could think was DELETING it!

And I did!

All I could see was accounts and post with random tweets getting viral simply because of blue checks.

If it works for you, great! 🎀 For me, it was over.

As far as Facebook goes…

Done with Facebook and It’s Draining Cheap Vibes

I had already deleted the Facebook account I had from years ago, and the one I started fresh was somehow disabled by Facebook even after providing all the verifications they requested.

Though after paying for meta verified (one month), I contacted the support and got my account back. But, to be honest, I was so annoyed that they disabled my account for no reasons.

I was anyway so frustrated that every time I opened my Facebook account, a bunch of reel suggestions showed up in my face, and those were the cheapest selection of reels ever.

I would have understood this if I had purposely watched this type of content, but FB doesn’t care about this at all.

Facebook was the worst of them all.

Every time I logged in my Facebook, it started flashing reel previews in my face. And I can’t even begin to explain the kind of cheap, cringeworthy content it was suggesting—like, seriously?! Phew, just thinking about it again is enough to trigger all those ugh emotions. 🙈

Social Media has become so cheap over the years, especially after the ease of creating and publishing videos.

The only reason I am keeping my FB account active is the amazing community my hosting provider Lyrical Host runs over Facebook. Along with Kadence Theme group. That’s it!

And for Instagram…

Instagram isn’t an ideal platform for my blog as the audience over there is not really interested in leaving the platform and heading over to the website. They want the content there and then, and that too in a short span of time.

My Exit from Instagram

Deleting my 7-8 year old Instagram account was the best decision of my life.

When I deleted my IG profile, those who could reach out to me personally asked why I deleted my Instagram when that was my place of work? That is when I realised my IG audience had the wrong impression and nowhere cared for my blog 😹 despite sharing new article updates.

Because of my one mistake, of using my personal IG account to create content and update blog posts, I never really got the right set of audience.

From a point of view of personal usage, leaving Instagram and not consuming the content over there is something that I wanted for my own mental health.

Spending hours scrolling was something that I wanted to come out of, and I am glad I did.

There was a moment when I felt like, “Enough, I am done with Instagram,” and scheduled my OG account for deletion. I can not express the relief and the change I experienced after removing Instagram from my account. Everything felt so much better.

Ever since I deleted my IG account and stopped consuming the 💩 content, my time is spent so much better — and I, feel so much better. 😌 The era of scrolling is over for me.

That being said, I am happy for anyone for whom Instagram works, be it personally or professionally, and I hope it keeps working for them. 💕

Update (January 2026): With a much needed break and gap from Instagram and after a lot of convincing (a lot of 🙉) I created a new Instagram with a total fresh start for the sole purpose of content creation. You won’t believe me that I actually uninstall the app after posting and scrolling a few cats and candle videos. 😹

Platforms That I Like & Contribute to My Blog

The social accounts that actually help me, be it for my personal use or blog work, are Pinterest, YouTube, and LinkedIn. 🎀 Well, LinkedIn is more for my blog use, and Pinterest and YouTube are super helpful even if it is for personal use.

1. Pinterest

Pinterest is actually the most beautiful and sensible platform ever! It’s the soul of my blog. 😌

2. LinkedIn

My LinkedIn newsletter performs really well on Google so if you have been doubting whether to post on LinkedIn or not, start sharing your article snippets on LinkedIn articles and you’ll definitely see your LinkedIn articles popping up on Google.

Between all the deletion of my accounts, creating new ones, deleting them again, and then reactivating them again only to delete them again, I figured out that social media does nothing except drain my energy.

I would rather watch a good YouTube video, read a book or watch a web series rather than consume useless content over IG.

GOD, it feels great to be off social media.

2. YouTube

Along with my blog, YouTube Shorts is the only platform where I post content actively. I actually do get a lot of comments asking questions on YT Shorts. 🥹

(Update – Unfortunately, my YouTube and Google account was hacked in February 2026 so all of that content is now gone).

I don’t know why it took me so long to figure out that I don’t need to be on social media, especially for personal use. I wish I had this sense and maturity back then. Wasted so much time.

Wrapping Up My Thoughts ✍🏻

…..to never going down that road again 🙌

अबलौं नसानी, अब न नसैहौं।

This means I have wasted enough time in my life, but I won’t waste it anymore on useless things. I legit feel like crying over the thought of literally wasting my teenage years and 20s, my precious time, over social media, over the anxiety of what my relatives are going to say now – OH GOD!

I am hitting 30 soon, and I feel like I should have realized this sooner, but I am also glad that I have come to the realization.

Over these past few years, the content has gone way worse than you can imagine. I feel that mindlessly scrolling through reels is the worst thing you can do to yourself.

✍🏻 My only focus is my Blog & Pinterest. I am never ever going down the path of other social platforms. No thanks.

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I felt like I needed to share this on my blog, to let it out, to make it official. 😌

Here is to a clean, fresh, and beautiful blogging journey 💕

That was it for today. I hope my words connect with you in one way or another. Feel free to drop your thoughts in the comments below.